acung
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦕꦸꦁ (acung, “raising the hand”).
Root edit
acung
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?].
Root edit
acung
- to kick
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
acung (first-person possessive acungku, second-person possessive acungmu, third-person possessive acungnya)
Etymology 4 edit
Learned borrowing from Old Javanese cuṅ (“a kind of aubergine”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₁rɗuŋ; *d₁rɗuəŋ (“egg-plant, bottle-gourd”).
Noun edit
acung (first-person possessive acungku, second-person possessive acungmu, third-person possessive acungnya)
- amaranth: the characteristic purplish-red colour of the flowers or leaves of these plants.
- acung:
- Synonym: ungu lembayung (Standard Malay)
- grayish magenta
- acung:
- Synonym: lembayung kelabu (Standard Malay)
Further reading edit
- “acung” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
- Pusat Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa (1984) Daftar Istilah Warna [Colour Terms List] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
acung
- Romanization of ꦲꦕꦸꦁ